Collier Coalition for Healthy Minds is a community response to the mental health and addiction crisis. Together with our board members, volunteers, partners, and people like you, our goal is to raise awareness about the local and national crisis and how our community is working together to save lives.
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Established 2020
Our mission is to collaboratively plan for, and support a coordinated effort for a full array of evidence-informed services, to improve the lives of those with mental health and substance use disorders and overall quality of life in Collier County.
MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION
Collier Coalition for Healthy Minds includes healthcare, social service, legal and justice system professionals and advocates charged with mobilizing Collier County’s first-ever, five-year mental health and addiction services strategic plan. Healthy Minds is a community response to address the growing mental health and addiction crisis compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, opioid epidemic and suicide crisis.
Our Priorities
Crisis Support
Build and operate a central receiving facility/system to serve persons experiencing an acute mental health or substance use crisis.
Housing and Services
Increase housing and supportive services for persons with serious mental illness and or/substance use.
Data Sharing
Establish a mental health and substance use disorder data collaborative for data sharing, collection and outcomes reporting.
Justice System
Increase capacity and effectiveness of justice system response for persons experiencing serious mental illness and/or substance use dependence.
Transportation
Revise and implement non-emergency Baker Act and Marchman Act transportation plans.
Advocacy
Improve community prevention, advocacy and education related to mental health and substance use.
Special Considerations
Improve services to veterans and seniors who are experiencing mental health and/or substance use disorders. Specific attention must be paid to their unique needs in all activities related to the six priorities, ensuring there is easy access to treatment and specialized programs.
By the Numbers
20%
20% of Americans will experience a mental health challenge in their lifetime.
50%
Half of all mental health concerns develop by age 14.
75%
75% of mental health concerns develop by age 24.
8.5 Million
8.5 million American adults suffer from both a mental and a substance abuse disorder.
1:8
1 out of 8 adults struggled with both alcohol and drug use disorders simultaneously.
90%
90% of individuals with a substance use disorder started using before the age of 18.
Partners
